Defenders of the Bush incursion thought they had a miracle dropped in their laps when, hallelujah, some insurgent dug up a decrepit artillery shell and built a roadside bomb with it.

Wouldn't you know, turns out the shell was pre-1980 and was not marked with what it contained. Pathetic evidence for the defenders.

Another recent News-Times column reveals the administration has sought legal advice to determine how culpable the Bush cabal is for deliberately permitting systematic torture and how can they commit war crimes and escape.

The tide against the reasons for this incursion has become a tidal wave. This will be my last letter on this subject, because some people don't have the ability to change their minds and enough has already been said.